GW has released the next wave of Death Guard units, and the Blightlord Terminators are here with a healthy amount of options for their $60 price!
Last week, we saw the the Deathshroud Bodyguard kit that, for $60, some folks said was not a great buy for only 3 models that were static and had highly limited customization options. The Blightlord Terminators kit, on the other hand, has more options and will you may get your hobby dollars worth with this kit. Here is a sample of our quick and dirty review to give you the lowdown on what you can expect to see with this kit.
For our complete review, be sure to scroll down and press play on the full video below.
The Blightlord Terminators unit is very robust and pointed well. They look way cooler than anything you can convert using the using the existing Terminator kits out there. They come packed with weapon options, including three special weapons, combi-weapons with all the bits, balesword, and blight launcher. Where this unit is going to fit into some of the more competitive builds, is hard to say.
The kit may be slightly more complicated to put together than other kits we have seen. All components are contained on two sprues and the kit is definitely a multi-part kit. In all cases, you must put the head bit into the socket located on the main torso piece first before looking in the front chest piece. There are eight head options to choose from and it appears that some other head bits from other kits will be able to fit in as well for even more customization options.
The level of detail with this kit is great. We have been saying that lately and it is true. Games Workshop has been surpassing itself lately with the level of detail that has been put into these kits. From pitting and weathering of the armor to the Nurgle icons and crazy, intestinal bits detail, this kit has the detail that you are wanting from a kit. There is even interior detail on the Cataphractii armor above the helms that gives them a even more deathly evil look.
This quick summary was provided by our very own Rob Baer. He also talks about their point cost and weapon options in the full review video below. So be sure to scroll down and hit play.
Blightlord Terminators: $60
Blightlord Terminators are relentless and unstoppable, elite Death Guard warriors forever bound to Cataphractii armour. They stalk forward with guns blazing, mercilessly mowing down rank after rank of enemy. Combi-weapons, plague spewers and blight launchers add to the fusilade, reducing infantry and vehicles to slop.
This multi-part plastic kit contains the components necessary to assemble a unit of 5 Blightlord Terminators. Resplendent in their cracked, rotting Cataphractii shells, they are bursting with squirming tentacles, covered all over with pustulent signs of Nurgle’s gifts: spikes, boils, grinning toothed maws and vile respirators all feature heavily. Each comes armed with a combi-bolter, and a choice of either a balesword or bubotic axe – there are some other, equally unpleasant weapons included, meaning one model can replace their combi-bolter with either a plague spewer, reaper autocannon or blight launcher, and another can carry a fearsome double-handed flail of corruption.
The Champion of the unit can take combi-weapon upgrades; there’s a plasma, flamer and melta variant available. There are 8 variant heads available, a mix of helmeted and bare. None of them are especially pleasant to gaze upon…
The Blightlord Terminators come as 64 components, and are supplied with 5 Citadel 40mm Round bases.
The Blightlord Terminators are available now online and in local Games Workshop stores. Be sure to press play on our quick and dirty unboxing and review video below for the full review.
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About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
